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    Cape Recife Reclamation Works (34012541)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 511994
    Compiler 2
    Location code 34012541Cape Recife Reclamation Works (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-16
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:15
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 11
    Total Count 43
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Bottom pond: No open water (pond dried out following collapse of retaining wall 25/12/2020). All covered in reeds. Top pond: Open water has patches of floating sewerage sludge (due to mismanagement). No birds on open water. Reeds continue to encroach.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		110
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Friday 13 March 2026 03:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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